Thats a reasonable approach. I have a 30-06 and a 22 repeating rifle in the house. I know though that if someone wants to break in I will be asleep and he would shoot me before I could even reach a gun; or worse, shoot someone in the family with my gun. I would really like to see how fast on the draw some of these guys really are. I know they would be the first to shoot themslves in the foot; like Dick Cheney. If someone is really worried about home invasion they should get a big dog.